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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a village near Tan Phu, why is Rowe recognized?
(a) He had been there to sell his fish.
(b) He had been there to catch the Vietcong.
(c) He had been there prior to his capture to buy food.
(d) He had been there prior to his capture to offer help.

2. When they learn that some Vietcong prisoners are being tried in Saigon, Rowe prays they will be sentenced to what?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) Prison.
(c) Death.
(d) Community service.

3. What else do the men buy?
(a) Black pepper and garlic.
(b) Hunting supplies.
(c) Black pepper and salt.
(d) Vegetables and fruit.

4. What are part of the first meal Rowe is able to order?
(a) Steak and french fries.
(b) Ham and steak.
(c) Chicken and dumplings.
(d) Chicken and ice cream.

5. What does Rowe have an opportunity to do?
(a) Stay in the camp.
(b) Run away.
(c) Kill one of his captors.
(d) Move one of his captors away from the main group.

6. Rowe knows that there might come a point at which he is released but hates the thought of what?
(a) Allowing his captors to hold that power over him.
(b) Waiting until then.
(c) Being left alone.
(d) Where his captors will release him.

7. What do Rowe's captors tell the villagers?
(a) Rowe will be executed shortly.
(b) Rowe is now a member of the National Liberation Front.
(c) Rowe will be returned to the Americans.
(d) Rowe had deserved to die but that he was being treated leniently by the NLF.

8. What does Rowe's captor do now that he believes Rowe?
(a) He helps Rowe find Americans.
(b) He calls for more Vietcong.
(c) He lets Rowe run away.
(d) He splits off with him away from the rest of the group.

9. What lies did Rowe tell upon his capture?
(a) He is only a sergeant.
(b) He is a pilot and has no military training.
(c) He is a doctor and has no military training.
(d) He is an engineer and has no military training.

10. What prompts a flood of emotion, including tears, for Rowe?
(a) The question, "When are you coming home?"
(b) The question, "Why did you leave us?"
(c) The question, "Where have you been?"
(d) The question, "What took you so long?"

11. Why does Rowe find the debriefing disturbing?
(a) It is similar to the questioning by his former captors.
(b) It is very detailed.
(c) It makes him worry about his safety.
(d) It forces him to relive his days in the prison.

12. What does Rowe know about Jim?
(a) He has made plans to escape.
(b) He has started to decline to death.
(c) He has been giving information to the Vietcong.
(d) He has stopped eating.

13. How does Rowe draw attention to himself?
(a) He begins to scream.
(b) He yells in English.
(c) He goes into a clearing and waves his white mosquito netting.
(d) He goes into a clearing and jumps up and down.

14. Rowe is continually pressed to do what?
(a) Tell the Vietcong of the American Army's location.
(b) Write a statement siding with the National Liberation Front.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Translate for them.

15. Who initially sees Rowe?
(a) A nutritionist.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) Army personnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. With his first money, what does Rowe buy?

2. What happens when Rowe is moved to another base?

3. What is the first thing Rowe is offered to eat?

4. What does Rowe say that the guards refuse to accept?

5. On September 14, what happens to Rowe?

(see the answer keys)

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